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On this day in football history
- 1933 Alf Day was selected for Wales to play at centre half against Ireland before he had played in a League match. This match was his only International Cap.
- 1937 Aston Villa signed Frank Broome a versatile forward player from Berkhampstead Town. He played 7 times for England from 1937 to the outbreak of the war appearing in four different forward positions. He left Villa for Derby in 1946 and later played for Notts County Brentford and Crewe Alexandria where he retired from playing in 1955. He had played in 396 league matches and scored 175 goals when he retired. He later managed Notts County, Exeter City and Southampton before emigrating to Australia in 1961.
- 1938 Bert Spronson, the Tottenham Hotspur full back, was transferred to Manchester City. He had been at Tottenham for five months but had only played 9 matches. He began his career at Leeds United in 1933 where he became a very polished player. He played at Manchester City until 1950 and later became the trainer at Bolton Wanderers. He appeared in 283 League matches scoring 6 goals. He played 11 times for England from 1937 until the outbreak of the War.
- 1954 Sunderlands England International Willie Watson appointed player manager of Halifax Town. He left after two seasons because of his cricket commitments. He was a batsman who had played for Yorkshire, Leicestershire and England batsman. He rejoined the club in 1964, but left after eighteen months to join Bradford City. In his earlier career he had joined his fathers old club Huddersfield Town making several appearances before the outbreak of the War. He was transferred to Sunderland in 1946, winning England Caps at both outside left and left half between 1949 and 1951. He retired from the playing side in 1955 and by this time had played 225 League matches scoring 16 goals.
- 1955 Arsenal announced the twin signing of Vic Groves, an inside forward, and Stan Charlton, a full back from Leyton Orient. Groves was an amateur international with Leytonstone and had played for Tottenham in a few matches and had turned professional with Orient in 1954. He later left the league in 1964 for the Southern League having played 230 matches and scored 678 goals (184 matches and 31 goals for Arsenal) Charlton had signed for Orient in 1952 and had returned there in 1958 after 98 League games for Arsenal.
- 1958 Alf Young resigned as manager of Bradford after only a few months in that post. As a player he had been one of the best centre halves in the country during the 1930's with Huddersfield Town for whom he signed in 1926. He made his league debut 3 years later. He captained the side in the 1938 Cup Final when they lost to Preston North End. He played 283 matches and scored 6 goals while playing for Huddersfield. He also won 9 England Caps between 1933 and 1938.